dissonantly

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adverb

In a dissonant manner.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adverbdissonantly (comparative more dissonantly, superlative most dissonantly)

comparative more dissonantly · superlative most dissonantly

  1. In a dissonant manner.

    The graceful, otherworldly sounds on which the first movement was built gave way to sharply articulated, dissonantly blaring woodwind and brass chords, and eventually to a mechanistic passage that combined rumbling low notes and a steady, searing high pitch.

    2009 September 14, Allan Kozinn, “Austrian Avant-Garde: Eerie Textures and Text”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

Origin

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APA

dissonantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissonantly

MLA

“dissonantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissonantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissonantly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissonantly.

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